General Tips

• Don’t just send a note to send a note. Best to wait until you have something meaningful to reflect on or speak about rather than sending a generic thank you note

• Mention specific points from the conversation, it shows that you were engaged and excited about the opportunity

• Tailor the templates as you see fit, they are meant to act as a foundation so that you don’t need to start from a blank canvas.

Interview Follow-Up: General 

Subject: Thank you for your time

[Their Name],

It was a great pleasure to meet you on Friday!  It was wonderful to hear about the transitions that Company has gone through since you joined.  Thank you for the extra time and the in-depth discussion.  We share a love of solving problems and growing businesses (or other topic discussed)!  I look forward to continuing the conversation.

Warm regards,

[Your Name]

Interview follow-up #2

Subject: Thank you for your time

[Their Name],

It was really a pleasure to meet you this afternoon!  I enjoyed our conversation quite a bit and especially appreciated your openness and honesty about the evolution of the company, the industry, and opportunities for enhancement.  Together with your team, you’ve definitely built ____ with great promise.  The ability to address (value prop) will have a wonderful impact on (customers/clients)!

[Company] faces many exciting and _____  opportunities in the years to come, with the ability to realize enormous potential/scale/growth.  The importance of (your value prop to the company) to make that possible.  It would be my honor to join your team and help bring [Company]’s great future to fruition.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warm regards,

[Your Name]

Interview follow-up #3 (if they introduced you to other people)

Subject: Thank you for your time

[Their Name],

I really enjoyed our conversation yesterday!  I’m thrilled for you and the [Company] team to hear that things are going so well.  Becoming the (company value prop) that is critical to (customer) is absolutely ideal, in so many ways.  (Time or opportunity) ago I led (main mandate of the role) for (strategy relevant to the role).  In that space, there was (explain opportunity) and it became (result) as a result.  Company can (achieve that result) in the (industry or segment) space. That is exciting!  It would be a lot of fun to help (your value prop + mandate for the role) the organization as a part of that journey.

Thank you for the introductions to [person A and person B].  I’ll get things scheduled with them and am looking forward to those discussions!

Have a great weekend and I look forward to reconnecting.

Warm regards,

[Your Name]

P.S.  I read an article (explain why the article would be interesting to them) and wanted to share it in case you didn’t see it:  article link

Interview follow-up #4

Subject: Thank you for your time

[Their Name],

It was a great pleasure to meet you yesterday afternoon! Thank you for your transparency and candor during our discussion. I appreciated very much the opportunity to trade questions with each other and to learn more about (Company) and its needs as a result.  In particular, it was so nice to hear about your journey to (Company) and what excites you about the company’s future. Thank you also for your offer to (a reference to information you asked for during the conversation). I look forward to reviewing it/them!

Have a wonderful day!

Warm regards,

[Your Name]

Networking Email: General

Subject: Checking in!

[Their Name],

I have had the opportunity over the last year to dramatically expand my network and one of my goals this quarter is to keep that active.  So I wanted to reach out to you and reconnect!

There has been a lot of change for me over the last year.  I’m [current role + responsibility], and am evaluating potential (role/s you are looking for) for (industry/stage). I look forward to seeing where that goes.

Wishing you a wonderful week.  I hope we will be in contact.  And if I can be helpful to you in any way, please let me know.

Warmest regards,

[Your Name]

Thank you for the connection

Subject: Thank you for the connection

[Their Name],

I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to meet [person they connected you to].  I enjoyed the conversation very much and look forward to continuing the dialogue.

Warm regards,

[Your Name]

Subject: Great conversation

Hello [name],

I hope you’re having a great week! I wanted to follow up on our conversation and give you my email based on our conversation [time ago].  I really enjoyed hearing your perspective on [what they shared]  and I was hoping we could connect to discuss it further.

If you’re open to it, I’d love to jump on a call and pick your brain about [topic]. I am available next week [list times or calendar link].

Thank you again, 

[Your Name]